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Women's 800 metres T34
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo National Stadium
Dates4 September 2021 (final)
Competitors7 from 4 nations
Winning time1:48.99
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kare Adenegan  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexa Halko  United States
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The women's 800 metres T34 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 4 September 2021.

The T34 category is for wheelchair athletes with cerebral palsy. Athletes in this category have minimal limitations or control problems in their arms and trunk while pushing a wheelchair.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:

World Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 1:48.87 Arbon, Switzerland 24 May 2021
Paralympic Record  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 2:00.62 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 September 2016
Area Time Athlete Nation
Africa Vacant
America 2:01.35 Alexa Halko  United States
Asia 2:18.98 Liu Panpan  China
Europe 1:48.87 WR Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain
Oceania 2:04.10 Rosemary Little  Australia

Results

The final took place on 4 September 2021, at 9:46:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Hannah Cockroft  Great Britain 1:48.99 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Kare Adenegan  Great Britain 1:59.85 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Alexa Halko  United States 2:02.22 SB
4 7 Fabienne André  Great Britain 2:09.09 PB
5 4 Veronika Doronina  RPC 2:19.64 SB
6 2 Eva Houston  United States 2:21.21
7 8 Joyce Lefevre  Belgium 2:24.96

References

  1. "Records – World Para Athletics". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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